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Lily Dickson was hurrying across the University of Leeds campus when a student campaigner handed her a flier that called for a ban on campus recruiting by mining and oil-and-gas companies.The 24-year old doctoral student in geology was…

From car dealerships to political-action committees, organizations big and small are striking endorsement deals with college athletes—known as name, image, likeness arrangements—that despite marketer enthusiasm remain a largely untested…

The online education company uses the “.edu” email addresses of partner universities to recruit students for them. It funds scholarships. The company also uses equipment that makes it look as if its recruiters are calling from universities’…

Walmart Inc. WMT 0.39% wants to avoid a big problem: having too few store managers.It is a key position for the retail giant, one that requires long hours and in big stores overseeing an…

Meet the class of 2022. They are the most in-demand college graduates to enter the job market in years. They have the expectations to match.Grads are seeking more money and flexibility and more specifics about likely assignments than…

Around 37 million federal student-loan borrowers were spared $195 billion in loan payments since the government froze their payments at the onset of the pandemic, and many of them are likely to struggle with their debts when the moratorium…

Economist Lisa Cook has often focused her research on policies that promote broad economic opportunity, particularly for racial minorities and women, an approach she could soon bring to the central bank and…

WASHINGTON—Economist Philip Jefferson has called on the Federal Reserve to more closely consider how its policies shape the economic well-being of different groups of Americans. If confirmed for a seat on the…

Put away your No. 2 pencils: The new SAT is digital and will be a shorter, simpler and perhaps easier test.The shift will begin internationally in March 2023 and in the U.S. in March 2024, said Priscilla Rodriguez, vice president of college…

Sixteen major U.S. universities, including Yale University, Georgetown University and Northwestern University, are being sued for alleged antitrust violations because of the way they work together to determine financial-aid awards for…